different between mucus vs murus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?cus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mju?k?s/
• Rhymes: -u?k?s
• Hyphenation: mu?cus
• Homophone: mucous

Noun

mucus (usually uncountable, plural mucuses or muci)

1. (physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

Usage notes

Do not confuse mucous (adjective) with mucus (noun).

Hyponyms

• phlegm
• rheum

Derived terms

Related terms

• mucosa
• mucositis

Translations

See also

• snot

Anagrams

• CUSUM

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin m?cus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.kys/

Noun

mucus m (uncountable)

1. (physiology) mucus

Further reading

• “mucus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Alternative forms

• muccus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *moukos, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ????? (múk?s, “mushroom”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mu?.kus/, [?mu?k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mu.kus/, [?mu?kus]

Noun

m?cus m (genitive m?c?); second declension

1. mucus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• m?c?d?
• muce?
• m?cidus
• m?c?sus
• m?culentus

Related terms

• m?c?

Descendants

References

• mucus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mucus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mucus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin mucus. Doublet of muc.

Noun

mucus n (uncountable)

1. mucus

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?rus (“wall”).

Noun

murus (plural muri)

1. A wall. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (palynology) A pattern-forming ridge on the surface of a pollen grain.

Synonyms

• vallum

Derived terms

• murate
• muroid

Estonian

Noun

murus

1. inessive singular of muru

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”), see also Latin m?n?re (“to protect”), Old Norse -mæri (“border-land, boundary”), Old English mære (“landmark, border, boundary”). See also Sanskrit ???? (múr, “wall”), Sanskrit ??? (mura, “surrounding, encircling, enclosing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mu?.rus/, [?mu???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mu.rus/, [?mu??us]

Noun

m?rus m (genitive m?r?); second declension

1. a wall

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• m?r?tus
• p?m?rium
• M?rus d?cicus (“Dacian Wall”)
• M?rus gallicus (“Gallic Wall”)
• M?rus R?mul? (“Wall of Romulus”)

Descendants

See also

• pari?s

References

• murus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• murus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• murus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• murus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin